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The Queensland Floods & Can The Indonesians Learn from Them?

amellie — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:51:18 +0000

You may have heard about the floods that devastated 75% of Queensland, which is about an area the size of France and Germany combined. It’s heartbreaking to say that Brisbane was badly affected by the floods. I lived there …

Farewell Australia!

amellie — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:45:17 +0000

So I left the Land Down Under for Saudi Arabia about a week ago. I did not expect that I was going to leave early. I planned to leave this country on 20 December, but after hundreds attempts calling Emirates …

Studying In Australia

UQ Graduation Day

amellie — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:10:49 +0000

Two weeks ago I completed my last exam ever at UQ. What an awesome day, I thought. I visited IT building (GP South building 78) for the last time. This is the place where I spent most of my frustrating …

A Graduand, at last.

amellie — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:13:22 +0000

I received an unexpected email on Saturday. It was sent by studentgraduations[at]uq[dot]edu[dot]au with a subject “Successful & Attend”. Student graduations? Very weird, I thought. My final exam’s results would not be released until Wednesday, but how could I receive a …

Great Weekend: Miss Saigon

amellie — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:03:44 +0000

Last weekend was one of the best weekends I had! I went to watch a famous musical theatre and the 10th longest-running Broadway musical in musical theatre history, Miss Saigon. It was an AWESOME experience. Ok, let me tell …

NZ Trip: Day 6-9

amellie — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:43:59 +0000

Previous posts: Part 1 and Part 2

Skiing was indeed fun; although — to be honest — I couldn’t master most of the tricks that the instructor told me. I didn’t know how to turn left or right; so sometimes …

NZ Trip: Day 4-5

amellie — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:51:05 +0000

Read the previous post here.

After cruising on Milford Sound and watching dolphins and seal, we headed back to Te Anau, passing the mountainous road once again. On our way to that small town, we made a stop …

NZ Trip: Day 1-3

amellie — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:27:09 +0000

Travelling to New Zealand had always been my dream ever since I arrived in Brisbane 3.5 years ago. I made myself promise that I would visit this country before I left Australia for good. I planned to travel with my …

Last Exam

amellie — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:43:06 +0000

I had my last exam today — in the afternoon. It went very well! I meant, it DID!!!! Gosh, it was one of the best exams I’ve had! The exam itself was open book. Well, normally I don’t like open …

Final Year Project

amellie — Sat, 12 May 2007 04:54:42 +0000

I haven’t been able to post “meaningful” stories nowadays. I’m quite busy with uni life; assignments and tests. I no longer have enough time to write. The scary final exam is coming very soon. I’m desperately waiting for the exam’s …